AU660488B2 - Improvements in or relating to composting - Google Patents
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
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Description
660488
AUSTRALIA
PATENTS ACT 1990
ORIGINAL
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION Name of Applicant: Address of Applicant: Actual Inventor(s): Address for Service: JOHN ANDERSEN Mitchell Road, Tatong 3673, Victoria, Australia JOHN ANDERSEN DAVIES COLLISON CAVE, Patent Attorneys, 1 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000.
Complete Specification for the invention entitled: "Improvements in or relating to composting" The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us: -1- 9q2825,shdat07Zausorm.etI -2- IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO COMPOSTING The present invention relates to the composting of orgamc waste material and to an improved composting container.
It is known that the composting of organic waste material, for example from the garden and/or the kitchen, is facilitated by the presence of earthworms within the compost. However, when the compost is ready for use, it can be extremely time-consuming and laborious to remove worms from the compost so that they can be used with a fresh batch of material.
The present invention is based on the realisation that earthworms will instinctly migrate from a batch of food material which has been fully broken down or composted into an adjacent source of fresh food material.
According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a composting system comprising two waste-receiving compartments, means for releasably holding the two compartments in adjacent side-by-side relationship, with the interiors of the two compartments being separated by apertured wall means which permit earthworms to migrate from composted waste material in one of the compartments into fresh waste material placed in the other compartment, each compartment being separable from the other compartment to permit removal of the composted waste material in that compartment without disturbing the waste material in the other compartment.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a composting system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; and Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the system opened to permit removal of compost from one compartment.
950329,pAoper\rsh,cOmposLspC,2 As shown in the accompanying drawings the composting system comprises a generally cylindrical body open at each end and defined by two semi-cylindrical half shells 2,4 which provide a vertical side wall structure, each half shell forming one compartment of the system. Each half shell 2,4 is provided with flanges 2a, 4a respectively, at each of its side edges adjacent an open vertical face of the half shell. In the assembled system, the half shells 2,4 are separated by a perforated sheet 6 or other apertured wall clamped against the flanges 2a, 4a. The apertures in the sheet 6 are of a size sufficient to enable earthworms to migrate through the apertures from one compartment to the other. The sheet 6 is clamped to the respective flanges 2a, 4a by bolts and wing nuts which can be released to permit removal of one half shell without affecting the attachment of the sheet to the other half shell whereby to permit removal of compost from the compartment defined by the removed half shell, without affecting the compost in the other compartment.
In use, organic waste material is introduced into one of the compartments through the open top. A batch of worms is also introduced into that compartment.
For effective composting as many as several thousand worms may be introduced.
The waste matter in the first compartment will progressively be broken down by the action of the worms which feed on the matter. The first compartment may be topped up with further matter over a period of time. The matter in the first container is then left for the worms to complete the composting process and fresh i matter is introduced into the other compartment. As the supply of fresh food material in the first compartment reduces as a result of the action of the worms, the 9 worms will, over a period of time, migrate through the apertures in the sheet 6 into the fresh material within the other compartment. The first compartment can then be removed to permit emptying of the composted material substantially free of S' worms without affecting the material within the other compartment, The composting system can be different from that illustrated. For example, each compartment may have its own apertured wall, with the apertured walls o" ,he two compartments lying in face-to-face relation in the assembled condition of the 950329,p:\oper\rsh,cornpost.spe,3
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-4system. Each compartment may have a base so that each compartment including apertured wall and base, in effect, forms a separate bin which can be removed and emptied and refilled with fresh waste material.
In the embodiments of the invention, the apertured dividing wall can be constructed of any suitable material, for example metal, plastics, or timber.
The embodiments have been described by way of example only and modifications are possible within the scope of the invention.
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Claims (6)
1. A composting system comprising two waste-receiving compartments, means for releasably holding the two compartments in adjacent side-by-side relationship, with the interiors of the two compartments being separated by apertured wall means which permit earthworms to migrate from composted waste material in one of the compartments into fresh waste material placed in the other compartment, each compartment being separable from the other compartment to permit removal of the composted waste material in that compartment without disturbing the waste material in the other compartment.
2. A system according to claim 1, wherein each compartment comprises a substantially vertical side wall structure which is open at one vertical face and the two compartments in their assembled relationship are arranged with the open face of one said structure adjacent the open face of the other said structure, the apertured wall means being positioned at said open faces.
3. A system according to claim 2, wherein the apertured wall means comprises a perforated sheet interposed between the two said structures.
4. A system according to claim 3, wherein in the assembled condition the :perforated sheet is connected to both said structures by releasable coupling means which permit selective disconnection and removal of a selected one of the said structures whilst the sheet remains attached to the other said structure.
5. A system according to claim 3 or claim 4, wherein each said structure has a pair of vertically-directed flanges adjacent each side edge of its open face whereby i in the assembled condition the flanges of the two said structures are in opposed relation and the sheet is releasably clamped between the opposing flanges. *o 950329,p:opcr\rsh,compostspe,5 -6-
6. A composting system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this 29th day of March, 1995. JOHN ANDERSEN By his Patent Attorneys: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE 950329,p:~ojer\rnh,coMPoSLSpe,6 -6- ABSTRACT A composting container for organic waste material has discrete composting compartments separated by an apertured wall. The apertured wall permits migration of earthworms from composted material in one compartment into fresh waste material in the other compartment to thereby c permit removal of the composted material substantially free of earthworms. S o 92082,RSHSPE.014,cmpostspe,6
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| AU25287/92A AU660488B2 (en) | 1991-04-03 | 1992-09-22 | Improvements in or relating to composting |
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| AUPK5377 | 1991-04-03 | ||
| AU25287/92A AU660488B2 (en) | 1991-04-03 | 1992-09-22 | Improvements in or relating to composting |
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| AU13902/92A Division AU1390292A (en) | 1991-04-03 | 1992-03-30 | Compost/earthworm separator |
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| AU2528792A AU2528792A (en) | 1992-12-03 |
| AU660488B2 true AU660488B2 (en) | 1995-06-29 |
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| AU25287/92A Ceased AU660488B2 (en) | 1991-04-03 | 1992-09-22 | Improvements in or relating to composting |
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP2604589A1 (en) * | 2011-12-15 | 2013-06-19 | Ceská Zemedelská Univerzita V Praze | Dual-module vermicomposter |
| ITNA20130026A1 (en) * | 2013-05-08 | 2014-11-09 | Biolog S R L | MODULAR BIOREACTOR WITH DOUBLE CHAMBER, HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT, HE-1 MODEL FOR THE COMPOSTING OF FORSU AND SEQUENTIAL METHODOLOGY OF USE OF MACROINVERTEBRATI. |
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| WO1995011586A1 (en) * | 1993-10-26 | 1995-05-04 | Waste Organic Recycling Management Systems (Australia) Limited | Improvements in or relating to windrows |
| AUPP125099A0 (en) * | 1999-01-21 | 1999-02-11 | ||
| AT12534U1 (en) * | 2011-05-25 | 2012-07-15 | Hector M Dr Endl | WORM COMPOST BOX WITH HORIZONTAL WALKING POSSIBILITY |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| BE899797A (en) * | 1984-05-30 | 1984-11-30 | Geeraert Jan | Composting unit for organic waste using worms - has container with at least two compartments separated by perforated partition |
| EP0321596A1 (en) * | 1987-12-22 | 1989-06-28 | Peter Reuss | Apparatus for producing humus |
| EP0326069A1 (en) * | 1988-01-25 | 1989-08-02 | Gustav Blessing | Process and apparatus for the treatment of organic wastes |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| BE899797A (en) * | 1984-05-30 | 1984-11-30 | Geeraert Jan | Composting unit for organic waste using worms - has container with at least two compartments separated by perforated partition |
| EP0321596A1 (en) * | 1987-12-22 | 1989-06-28 | Peter Reuss | Apparatus for producing humus |
| EP0326069A1 (en) * | 1988-01-25 | 1989-08-02 | Gustav Blessing | Process and apparatus for the treatment of organic wastes |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP2604589A1 (en) * | 2011-12-15 | 2013-06-19 | Ceská Zemedelská Univerzita V Praze | Dual-module vermicomposter |
| ITNA20130026A1 (en) * | 2013-05-08 | 2014-11-09 | Biolog S R L | MODULAR BIOREACTOR WITH DOUBLE CHAMBER, HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT, HE-1 MODEL FOR THE COMPOSTING OF FORSU AND SEQUENTIAL METHODOLOGY OF USE OF MACROINVERTEBRATI. |
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| MK14 | Patent ceased section 143(a) (annual fees not paid) or expired |